Away From Home

Chapter 4-We're Being Watched

Keefe's POV

We walk into a large room with marble floors and-wait-are those sofas?! I attempt to run towards them but someone stops me. UGH it's Wonderboy pointing to the obscurer. I mouth later just so Wonderboy knows this isn't finished.

Our group moves toward a dark wood counter. There is a man behind the counter- brown hair, blue eyes, and a smile plastered on his face.

"Hello, My name is Gerrick! What can I do for you?" The man smiles, pointing to his silver badge. The name badge is simple. A silver background with GERRICK written in big black letters. Gerrick wears a stiff red and white suit, making us seem very underdressed.

"We'd like to reserve a room for tonight." Sophie tells Gerrick. Gerrick looks at Sophie questionly.

"Do you have a guardian traveling with you?" The man asks.

"No..." Sophie says cautiously. The man rolls his eyes.

"Do you have the money?" He asks, probably assuming the answer will be no.

"Yes." Biana replies. The man raises his eyebrows so Biana shows him the array of fifty dollar bills we picked up at the ATM. The man nods.

"Okay... How many people will be staying?" He asks, hands ready to type.

"7 people, two nights." Sophie replys confidently.

"Okay we have a few rooms left... 2 suites and 5 large regular rooms, all for 4-5 people each, and 8 small rooms for 2 people each. Our prices are on our brochure." The man says, gesturing to brochures on the counter. Each of the girls take one.

"Just a minute sir," says Lynh. Sophie, Biana and Lynh confer. This is taking forever! Why do I have to be one of the ones hiding under the protection of this obscurer?

"Two large regular rooms please. Is it possible for them to either be connected or close by to each other?" Biana asks. Finally! That took forever! But they should've gotten 2 suites... I think to myself.

"We have 2 large regular rooms on floor 5 that are across from each other. The rest are scattered on floors 10 and 11. I assume you want the ones on floor 5." The man responds.
"Yes please!" Biana says.

"You can pay now or once you depart. Which would you prefer?"

"Once we leave, please." Biana says.

"Sure thing! Your room numbers are 506 and 507. Thank you for sleeping at the Rue Inn!" (A/N: I might have just used my favorite character, Rue, in the Hunger Games in a KOTLC Fanfic...*Insert Keefe smirk here*)

"Thank you!" Sophie, Lynh, and Biana say as the man hands them the receipt and room keys.

*About 10 minutes later*

Once we are in the room I can finally talk again. I'm sharing a room with Wonderboy, Wylie, and Dex.

"We should've gotten a suite." I shrug, closing the door behind us. Wonderboy rolls his eyes.

"We should figure out who will sleep with who." Wylie says matter of factly, ignoring my comment.

"I call Dexy! Wylie, you get Wonderboy!" I say jumping up on the queen bed closest to the balcony. Fitz rolls his eyes but for a second I see a smile win over his unimpressed expression. I decided not to comment on it.

"Works for me," Dex shrugs, sitting next to me, "As long as I'm not being the one pranked in the middle of the night, I'm okay with this arrangement." Dex smiles.

"Wait-what?" Fitz and Wylie ask. Dex and I shrug in unison.

"Thanks for the idea, Dex!" I say fist punching him.

"Anytime, Keefe," he says, chuckling. Fitz and Wylie do not look happy.

"Uh oh. Are Wonderboy and Wylie afraid of me? My my, I'm an innocent young boy!" I exclaim, putting on my best puppy eyes.

"Of course you are." Fitz says sarcastically. Just then there is a loud knocking at the door. We all turn our heads towards the door. Fitz flinches, pauses, then goes to open the door, but Dex stops him.

"We can't open it. We look like-well-elves!" Dex whispers. Fitz giggles.

"Yeah? Who do you think it is Dex?" Fitz asks. The knocking on the door continues.

"WE'RE BUSY! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!" Dex shouts. And that's not suspicious at all...

Fitz giggles, then falls down laughing.

"What is it, Wonderboy?" I ask, rolling my eyes.

"It's.. It's," he manages through laughter. "It's THEM!"

"GUYS OPEN UP!" It's Sophie. Dex blushes and I roll my eyes. I go to open the door.

"The look on your face!!! Hahahahahaha!" Fitz laughs.

"What took so long?" A perplexed Sophie asks.

"And why is my brother on the floor in a state of hysteria?" Biana wonders aloud, walking over to Fitz and studying him like he's from another world.

"Oh my god, it was HILARIOUS!!!" Fitz says, "Dex's face! If you had seen it!!"

"Um... I wasn't that scared..." Dex mumbles, blushing hard as heck.

"But the thing is Dexey... You toooootaly were!" I say, messing up Dex's hair. He shoves my hand away, rolling his eyes in denial.

"Okaaaaaaaay..." Sophie says looking at us like we're psychos. Well not like we aren't psychos... I hiver, my thoughts interrupted by an eerie feeling.

"What was that?" Wylie asks throwing a questioning look from the corner he's standing in. I flinch. I forgot he was standing there!

"You guys felt it too?" I ask, realizing everyone felt the same feeling. What is that feeling? I ask myself.

"You mean the feeling we're being watched?" Wylie asks. We all knods our heads in agreement.